Cuff-button



J.A.JAC0BS. CUFF BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. II. I920. I 1,341, 1 30, Patented May 25, 1920..

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INVENTOR J. AJACO S ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB A. JACOBS, OF ST. LOUI S, MISSOURI, A SSIGNOR T0 EISENSTADT MANUFAC TUBING COMIANY, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

CUFF-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application filed March 11, 1920. Serial No. 365,014.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB A. JACOBS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the cit of St. Louis, State of Missouri, United tates of America, have invented a certain new and useful Cuff-Button, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a cuff button and more particularly to a separable button in which the parts are held together by a looking device or clasp of the same general class as that shown and described in Patent No. %,169,693 to E. G. Swedlund, January 25,

One object of my invention is to provide means whereby the action of the cuif will normally hold the locking stud. Another object of my invention is to improve the construction and operation of the locking device itself.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one form of cuff button made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a ventral longitudinal section, Fig. 2 is an end view of the locking sleeve together with its attached cuff engaging porton and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the parts held in locking position by the action of the cuff.

5 indicates a barrel provided with an enlarged portion 6, a reduced inclined portion 7, and an intermediate portion 8. Secured to or formed integral with the barrel 5 is a disk 9 adapted to engage with one side of the cufi 10 as shown in Fig. 3. Arranged within the barrel 5 is a sleeve 11 provided at its inner end with an outwardly extending flange 12 and an inwardly extending flange 13. The sleeve 11 is provided with slots 14 so as to allow its inner end to be sprung either inwardly or outwardly as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. 15 is a disk preferably formed convex on its outer face and formed integral with and secured to the inner end of the sleeve 11. This disk 15 is adapted to engage with the side of the cuff opposite to the disk 9 so that the action of the cuff, as shown in Fig. 3, will tend to separate the two disks and thus hold the flange 19 in the intermediate portion 8 of the barrel 5. 16 is a post having formed in its outer end an annular groove 17 adapted to receive the flange 13 on the sleeve 11. The post 16 is made somewhat smaller than the bore of the sleeve 11 so that the action of the cuff will throw the parts at an angle as shown in Fig. 3 and cause the inner shoulder 18 formed by the groove 17 to engage with the outer end of the sleeve 11 to such a depth as to prevent the removal of the post even in case the parts 9 and 15 are forced toward each other. The post 16 is carried by a stud 19 preferably of the same size as the barrel 5 which post 16 is provided with disks 9 and 15 similar to the disks 9 and 15 carried by the barrel 5 and sleeve 11 respectively ex cept that they are incapable of relative movement.

In the operation of my button each part of the button is separately inserted into one of the button holes of the cuff 10 and the stud 16 is inserted in the sleeve 11 and forced past the inwardly projecting flange 13 while the said flange and the flange 12 is within the enlarged portion 6 of the barrel. The action of the cuff will hold the flange 12 within the intermediate portion 8 of the barrel so that the post cannot be removed and at the same time the eu'if will cause the two parts of the button to take an angular position as shown in Fig. 8 so as to cause the inner shoulder 18 of the groove 17 to engage with the end of the sleeve in such a manner as to prevent the removal of the post without regard to whether or not the parts 9 and 15 are held in separated position. The square inner face of the flange 1Q engaging with a corresponding square face on the inner end of the part 8 will also effectively prevent the removal of the sleeve after it has once been inserted within the barrel 5.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A cuff button consisting of two separable parts each adapted to engage with a button hole in a cuif. one of said parts being provided with a locking post, the other of said parts comprising two relatively removable members controlling the engagement with the locking post, one of said relatively movable members being arranged at each side of the cuff, whereby the action of the cuff tends to separate said members to maintain the two parts in locking relation.

2. A cuff button comprising two separable parts, one of said parts comprising a barrel carrying a cuff engaging member and a sleeve movable relative to said barrel and 5 also carrying a cuflf engaging member, and

the other of said parts comprising a post' adapted to enter said sleeve and be locked by the relative movement of said members.

3. A cufl button consisting of two sepa- 10 rable parts, one of said parts comprising a barrel provided with a cuff engaging men1- her and a sleeve also provided with a cufi engaging member and having at its inner end an inwardly projecting flange, the other of said parts comprising a post adapted to enter said sleeve and provided with an annular groove adapted to engage with the flange on said sleeve, said latter named part being adapted to engage with a cult whereby the aoton of the out]? normally holds said two parts in angular relation.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.

J. A. JACOBS. [In s.] 

